List of ship launches in 1942 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The list of ship launches in 1942 includes a chronological list of some of the ship

Ship

Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...

s launched in 1942.

January

Harland and Wolff

Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries is a Northern Irish heavy industrial company, specialising in shipbuilding and offshore construction, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland....

| Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...

Tugboat

A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 15 January
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United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Bogue

USS Bogue (CVE-9)

USS Bogue was the lead ship in the Bogue-class of escort aircraft carriers in the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally classified AVG-9, but was changed to ACV-9, 20 August 1942; CVE-9, 15 July 1943; and CVHP-9, 12 June 1955.Bogue was laid down on 1 October 1941 as Steel...

| Bogue class

Bogue class escort carrier

The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....

Wallsend

Wallsend is an area in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. Wallsend derives its name as the location of the end of Hadrian's Wall. It has a population of 42,842.-Romans:...

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| Coaster

Coastal trading vessel

Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where deeper-hulled sea-going ships usually cannot....

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 15 January
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United Kingdom
| S P Austin & Sons Ltd
| Sunderland
| Empire Jill
| Coaster
Coastal trading vessel
Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where deeper-hulled sea-going ships usually cannot....

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 17 January
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| Echuca
HMAS Echuca
HMAS Echuca , named for the town of Echuca, Victoria, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy .-Construction:...

| Bathurst class

Bathurst class corvette

The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...

corvette
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 17 January
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United Kingdom
| J.L. Thompson and Sons

J.L. Thompson and Sons

J.L. Thompson and Sons was a shipyard on the River Wear, Sunderland, which produced ships from the mid-18th century until the 1980s. The world-famous Liberty Ship was among the designs to be created, produced and manufactured at the yard's base at North Sands....

| Sunderland
| Empire Barrie

SS Clan Alpine (1942)

|Clan Alpine was a 7,168 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport as Empire Barrie. She was sold to Clan Line Steamers Ltd in 1947 and served with them until 1957 when she was sold to Bullard, King & Co Ltd and renamed Umvoti. In 1959 she was sold back to Clan Line...

| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 19 January
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United Kingdom
| Cochrane & Sons Ltd
| Selby

Selby

Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby local government district.Historically a part of the West Riding...

| Empire Goblin
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 20 January
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United Kingdom
| Scott & Sons
| Bowling
| Empire Palm
| Tug
Tugboat
A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 24 January
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| Armidale
HMAS Armidale (J240)
HMAS Armidale , named for the city of Armidale, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy ....

| Bathurst class corvette
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 30 January
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| Gympie
HMAS Gympie
HMAS Gympie , named for the city of Gympie, Queensland, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy .-Construction:...

| Bathurst class corvette
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 31 January
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| Quiberon

HMAS Quiberon (G81)

HMAS Quiberon was a Q class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy . Although built for the Royal Navy and remaining British property until 1950, Quiberon was one of two Q class destroyers commissioned into the RAN during World War II...

| Q class

Q and R class destroyer

The Q and R class was a class of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the British Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla. They served as convoy escorts during World War II. Three Q class ships were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy upon completion, with...

destroyer
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 31 January
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United Kingdom
| Richards Ironworks Ltd
| Lowestoft

Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. It is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich...

| Empire Punch
| Coaster

Coastal trading vessel

| For Ministry of War Transport

February

HMAS Warramunga (I44)

HMAS Warramunga was a Tribal class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy . Built during World War II, the destroyer entered service in late 1942...

| Tribal class

Tribal class destroyer (1936)

The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II...

destroyer
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 12 February
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United States
| New York Shipbuilding Corporation
| Camden, New Jersey

Camden, New Jersey

The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...

| Montpelier

USS Montpelier (CL-57)

USS Montpelier was one of 26 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. She was the second US Navy ship to be named for the city of Montpelier, Vermont. Montpelier was commissioned in September 1942 and saw service in several campaigns in the Pacific...

| Cleveland class

Cleveland class cruiser

The United States Navy designed the Cleveland class of light cruisers for World War II with the goal of increased range and AA armament as compared with earlier classes.A total of 52 ships of this class were projected and 3 canceled...

light cruiser
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 14 February
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United Kingdom
| Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd
| Haverton Hill-on-Tees
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| Tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 15 February
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United States
| Ingalls Shipbuilding

Ingalls Shipbuilding

Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries...

United States
| Norfolk Navy Yard
| Portsmouth, Virginia

Portsmouth, Virginia

Portsmouth is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the city had a total population of 95,535.The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S...

| Alabama

USS Alabama (BB-60)

USS Alabama , a South Dakota-class battleship, was the sixth completed ship of the United States Navy named for the U.S. state of Alabama, however she was only the third commissioned ship with that name. Alabama was commissioned in 1942 and served in World War II in the Atlantic and Pacific...

| South Dakota class

South Dakota class battleship (1939)

The South Dakota-class was a group of four fast battleships built by the United States Navy. They were the second class of battleships to be named after the 40th State; the first class was designed in the 1920s and canceled under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. The class comprised four...

West Hartlepool

This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...

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| Heavy lift ship
Heavy lift ship
A heavy lift ship is a vessel designed to move very large loads that cannot be handled by normally equipped ships. They are of two types: semi-submerging capable of lifting another ship out of the water and transporting it; and vessels that augment unloading facilities at inadequately equipped...

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"|17 February
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| Barclay Curl & Co
| Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Hessle

Hessle is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated west of Kingston upon Hull city centre. Geographically it is part of a larger urban area which consists of the city of Kingston upon Hull, the town of Hessle and a number of other villages but is not part of the...

| Empire Sprite
| Tug

Tugboat

HMAS Wallaroo

HMAS Wallaroo , named after the town of Wallaroo, South Australia, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy...

Greenock

Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...

| Empire Dweller
| coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

Greenock

| Empire Audrey
| coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

Lithgows

Lithgows Limited, was a British shipbuilding company based in Kingston, Port Glasgow, on the River Clyde in Scotland.-Founding:The Company was established by Joseph Russell and his partners Anderson Rodger and William Lithgow who leased the Bay Yard in Port Glasgow from Cunliffe & Dunlop and...

| Port Glasgow

Port Glasgow

Port Glasgow is the second largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16617 persons...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 27 February
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United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Card

USS Card (CVE-11)

USS Card was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier. Her hull was laid down on 27 October 1941 as a C-3 cargo ship but it was acquired from the Maritime Commission while under construction and was converted into an escort carrier.She was launched as AVG 11 on 27 February 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma...

| Bogue class escort carrier
| Converted C3 merchant freighter

March

Germany
| Schichau

Schichau

Schichau Elbing or Schichau may refer to:The German surname* Ferdinand Schichau , the German businessman and engineer who founded the Schichau-Werke...

| Königsberg

Königsberg

Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it...

| Richtofen
| Hans Albrecht Wedel class light seaplane tender
| For the Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

HMAS Tamworth

HMAS Tamworth , named for the city of Tamworth, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and later commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy...

United Kingdom
| Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd

Grangemouth Dockyard Company

The Grangemouth Dockyard Company was a British shipbuilding and ship repair firm located at Grangemouth, on the Firth of Forth, Scotland.-History:...

| Grangemouth

Grangemouth

Grangemouth is a town and former burgh in the council area of Falkirk, Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkirk, west of Bo'ness and south-east of Stirling. Grangemouth had a resident population of 17,906 according to the 2001...

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| Coastal
Coastal trading vessel
Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where deeper-hulled sea-going ships usually cannot....

tanker
Tank ship
A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| For Ministry of War Transport
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| United Kingdom
| William Gray & Co Ltd
| West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool
This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...

| Empire Cadet
| Coastal
Coastal trading vessel
Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where deeper-hulled sea-going ships usually cannot....

tanker
Tank ship
A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 6 March
| United Kingdom
| William Gray & Co Ltd
| West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool
This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 7 March
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United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Tracker

HMS Tracker (D24)

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| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

Attacker class escort carriers were a type of aircraft carrier in service with the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. There were eight ships in the class, all constructed in the United States and supplied under the terms of Lend-Lease to the Royal Navy.The ships served in two different...

escort carrier
| Converted C3 merchant freighter
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 16 March
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United Kingdom
| Hall, Russell & Co Ltd
| Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....

| Empire Cherub
| Tug
Tugboat
A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 17 March
| United Kingdom
| Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd
| Sunderland
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| Tanker
Tank ship
A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 18 March
| United Kingdom
| William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd
| Sunderland
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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 19 March
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Germany
| Schichau

Schichau

Schichau Elbing or Schichau may refer to:The German surname* Ferdinand Schichau , the German businessman and engineer who founded the Schichau-Werke...

| Königsberg

Königsberg

| Hermann Kohl
| Hans Albrecht Wedel class light seaplane tender
| For the Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 20 March
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United States
| Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company

Northrop Grumman Newport News

Newport News Shipbuilding , originally Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , was the largest privately-owned shipyard in the United States prior to being purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2001...

| Newport News, Virginia
| Birmingham

USS Birmingham (CL-62)

USS Birmingham , a light cruiser named for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, the "Steel City", was a Cleveland class light cruiser laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News in Virginia on 17 February 1941 and launched on 20 March 1942 by Mrs. Cooper Green, wife...

| Cleveland class

Cleveland class cruiser

light cruiser
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 23 March
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United Kingdom
| Lithgows

Lithgows

| Port Glasgow

Port Glasgow

United Kingdom
| Lithgows

Lithgows

| Port Glasgow

Port Glasgow

| Empire Austen

SS Empire Austen

Empire Austen was a 7,027 ton cargo ship which was built in 1942. She was renamed Frinton in 1949, Freecrest in 1951, Fairwater in 1955 and APJ Usha in 1961. She was scrapped in 1962.-History:...

John Crown & Sons Ltd

John Crown & Sons Ltd, was a British shipbuilding company founded in 1847 and based on the River Wear, Sunderland.-Ships built by John Crown & Sons Ltd:-See also:* List of shipbuilders and shipyards...

| Sunderland
| Empire Wold
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 31 March
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United Kingdom
| Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd
| Haverton Hill-on-Tees
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| Cargo ship
Cargo ship
A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 31 March
| United Kingdom
| William Gray & Co Ltd
| West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool
This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For Ministry of War Transport

April

United States
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| Abraham Clark

SS Abraham Clark

SS Abraham Clark was a Liberty ship built at in the United States during World War II. She was named after Abraham Clark, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey....

| Liberty ship

Liberty ship

Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. Though British in conception, they were adapted by the U.S. as they were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. Based on vessels ordered by Britain to replace ships torpedoed by...

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 2 April
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United Kingdom
| John Readhead & Sons Ltd
| South Shields

South Shields

South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 4 April
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United States
| New York Shipbuilding Corporation
| Camden, New Jersey
| Denver

USS Denver (CL-58)

USS Denver was a Cleveland-class light cruiser. Denver launched on 4 April 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Miss L. J. Stapleton, daughter of the Mayor of Denver; and commissioned on 15 October 1942, Captain Robert Carney in command...

| Cleveland class

Cleveland class cruiser

light cruiser
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 4 April
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United States
| Ingalls Shipbuilding

Ingalls Shipbuilding

Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries...

| Pascagoula, MS
| Battler

HMS Battler (D18)

USS Altamaha was an Attacker-class escort carrier that served during World War II as HMS Battler in the Royal Navy.-Pre-commission:...

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

escort carrier
| Converted C3 merchant freighter
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 4 April
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United Kingdom
| C Connell & Co Ltd
| Scotstoun

Scotstoun

Scotstoun is a historic district of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre. It is bounded by Yoker and Knightswood to the west, Victoria Park, Broomhill and Whiteinch to the east, Jordanhill to the north and the River Clyde to the south...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 4 April
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United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Nassau

USS Nassau (CVE-16)

The USS Nassau was laid down 27 November 1941 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington, as M.C. Hull No. 234; launched 4 April 1942; sponsored by Mrs. G. H...

United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Searcher

HMS Searcher (D40)

HMS Searcher was an Ruler-class escort carrier escort carrier of the Royal Navy. Built in Seattle in the United States she was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease. Launched in 1942 she served until 29 November 1945. She was sold into merchant service and renamed Captain Theo...

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

escort carrier
| Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease

Lend-Lease

Lend-Lease was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of war in Europe in...

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 6 April
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United Kingdom
| Ferguson Bros Ltd

Ferguson Shipbuilders

Ferguson Shipbuilders Limited is a shipyard located in Port Glasgow on the River Clyde in Scotland. It is the last remaining shipbuilder on the lower Clyde, and is currently the only builder of merchant ships on the river - the company's mainstay has long been Roll-on/roll-off ferries.-History:The...

| Port Glasgow

Port Glasgow

| Empire Mead
| Tug

Tugboat

Grangemouth Dockyard Company

The Grangemouth Dockyard Company was a British shipbuilding and ship repair firm located at Grangemouth, on the Firth of Forth, Scotland.-History:...

| Grangemouth

Grangemouth

| Empire Gawain
| Coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 16 April
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United Kingdom
| A Hall & Co Ltd
| Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....

| Empire Minotaur
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 29 April
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Norway
| Geo. Lawley
| Neponset, Massachusetts

Neponset, Massachusetts

Neponset, Massachusetts is a district in the southeast corner of Dorchester, Massachusetts which is the most populous neighborhood of Boston....

United Kingdom
| A Hall & Co
| Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....

| Empire Gnome
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport

May

United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Barnes

USS Barnes (CVE-20)

USS Barnes was an escort carrier in the United States Navy. She was the second ship to carry her name.Barnes was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract; transferred to the United States Navy on 1 May 1942; launched on 22 May 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Washington;...

| Bogue class escort carrier
| Converted C3 merchant freighter
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 2 May
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| Inverell
HMAS Inverell
HMAS Inverell , named for the town of Inverell, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy ....

| Bathurst class corvette
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 7 May
| United States
| Western Pipe & Steel
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| Prince William
| Bogue class escort carrier
| Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease

Lend-Lease

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 15 May
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United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Core

USS Core (CVE-13)

USS Core was originally classified AVG-13, but was reclassified ACV-13, 20 August 1942; CVE-13, 15 July 1943; CVHE-13, 12 June 1955; CVU-13, 1 July 1958; and T-AKV-41, 7 May 1959. She was launched 15 May 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Washington, under a Maritime Commission...

United States
| Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company

Northrop Grumman Newport News

| Newport News, Virginia

Newport News, Virginia

Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...

| Mobile

USS Mobile (CL-63)

USS Mobile was Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third ship named for Mobile, Alabama.She was laid down on 14 April 1941 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia; launched on 15 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Harry T. Hartwell; and...

Lithgows

| Port Glasgow

Port Glasgow

United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Altamaha

USS Altamaha (CVE-18)

USS Altamaha was an escort aircraft carrier in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for the Altamaha River in Georgia....

United States
| Ingalls Shipbuilding

Ingalls Shipbuilding

Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries...

| Pascagoula, MS
| Hunter

HMS Hunter (D80)

USS Block Island was an Attacker-class escort aircraft carrier that served during World War II....

| Attacker class
Attacker class escort carrier
Attacker class escort carriers were a type of aircraft carrier in service with the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. There were eight ships in the class, all constructed in the United States and supplied under the terms of Lend-Lease to the Royal Navy.The ships served in two different...

escort carrier
| Converted C3 merchant freighter
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 22 May
| United Kingdom
| Cochrane & Sons Ltd
| Selby
Selby
Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby local government district.Historically a part of the West Riding...

| Empire Imp
| Tug

Tugboat

Willington Quay

Willington Quay is an area in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear in northern England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, facing Jarrow, and between Wallsend and North Shields. It is served by the Howdon Metro station in Howdon. The area from 2006 onwards has been an...

| Empire Piper
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 30 May
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United Kingdom
| Cochrane & Sons Ltd
| Selby

Selby

| Empire Pat
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport

June

Selby

| Empire Sam
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 2 June
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United Kingdom
| William Gray & Co Ltd
| West Hartlepool

West Hartlepool

| Empire Boswell
| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 2 June
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United Kingdom
| Scott & Sons
| Bowling
| Empire Cupid
| Tug
Tugboat
A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 4 June
| United Kingdom
|J S Watson Ltd
| Gainsborough
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Gainsborough is a town 15 miles north-west of Lincoln on the River Trent within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland in England, being more than 55 miles from the North...

| Empire Meadow
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 6 June
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United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Block Island

USS Block Island (CVE-21)

USS Block Island was a for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first of two escort carriers named after Block Island Sound off Rhode Island. Block Island was launched on 6 June 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Seattle, Washington, under a Maritime Commission...

United States
| New York Shipbuilding Corporation
| Camden, New Jersey
| Santa Fe

USS Santa Fe (CL-60)

USS Santa Fe , a Cleveland-class light cruiser was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico.-Construction:...

| Cleveland class
Cleveland class cruiser
The United States Navy designed the Cleveland class of light cruisers for World War II with the goal of increased range and AA armament as compared with earlier classes.A total of 52 ships of this class were projected and 3 canceled...

light cruiser
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 11 June
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| Bowen
HMAS Bowen
HMAS Bowen , named for the town of Bowen, Queensland, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland on 9 February 1942, launched on 11 June 1942 by Mrs...

| Bathurst class corvette
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|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 19 June
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| Latrobe
HMAS Latrobe
HMAS Latrobe , named for the town of Latrobe, Tasmania, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy .-Construction:...

| Bathurst class corvette
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|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 23 June
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| Kapunda
HMAS Kapunda
HMAS Kapunda , named for the town of Kapunda, South Australia, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy .-Construction:...

| Bathurst class corvette
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|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 25 June
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Canada
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| Huron

HMCS Huron (G24)

HMCS Huron G24/216 was a Tribal class destroyer built by Vickers-Armstrongs on the River Tyne in England, and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. It was the first ship to bear this name...

| Tribal class

Tribal class destroyer (1936)

The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II...

destroyer
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|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 27 June
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United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Breton

USS Breton (CVE-23)

USS Breton was a Bogue class escort carrier of the United States Navy. Breton was in service as an escort carrier from 1943 to 1946 and as an aircraft transport from 1958 to 1970....

United States
| Permanente Metals

Permanente Metals

Permanente Metals Company managed the Richmond Shipyards, owned by Henry J. Kaiser. These four of the Kaiser Shipyards were known for the construction of Liberty ships.The company was also a major producer of magnesium during World War II...

| Richamond, CA
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| Ocean ship

Ocean ship

The Ocean ships were a class of 57 cargo ships built in the Second World War for the Ministry of War Transport. 16 were lost to enemy action, and the survivors were sold into merchant service postwar.-Description:...

Black Swan class sloop

The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. Thirteen Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943, including four for the Royal Indian Navy; twenty-four Modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945, including...

Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company

The Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Limited was a British shipbuilding company based in Dundee on the east coast of Scotland.-History:...

| Dundee

Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

Grangemouth

| Empire Damsel
| Coaster

Coastal trading vessel

Cargo ship

Hessle

| Empire Titan
| tug

Tugboat

Lithgows

| Port Glasgow

Port Glasgow

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

West Hartlepool

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For the Ministry of War Transport

July

Tugboat

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 16 July
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United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Ravager

HMS Ravager (D70)

HMS Ravager was an Ruler class escort carrier escort carrier built in the United States and operated by the Royal Navy during World War II....

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

escort carrier
| Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 18 July
|

United States
| Ingalls Shipbuilding

Ingalls Shipbuilding

Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries...

Ferguson Shipbuilders

| Port Glasgow

Port Glasgow

| Empire Warlock
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 28 July
|

United States
| Fore River Shipyard

Fore River Shipyard

The Fore River Shipyard of Quincy, Massachusetts, more formally known as the Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company, was a shipyard in the United States from 1883 until 1986. Located on the Weymouth Fore River, the yard began operations in 1883 in Braintree, Massachusetts before being moved...

| Quincy, Massachusetts

Quincy, Massachusetts

Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Its nicknames are "City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council...

| Baltimore

USS Baltimore (CA-68)

The fifth USS Baltimore , the lead ship of a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was launched 28 July 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Fore River, Massachusetts, sponsored by Mrs. Howard W. Jackson, wife of the Mayor of Baltimore, commissioned 15 April 1943, Captain Walter C...

| Baltimore class
Baltimore class cruiser
The Baltimore class cruiser was a type of heavy cruiser in the United States Navy from the last years of the Second World War. Fast and heavily armed, ships like the Baltimore cruisers were mainly used by the Navy in World War II to protect the fast aircraft carriers in carrier battle groups...

heavy cruiser
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 28 July
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| Cygnet
| Modified Black Swan class sloop
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|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 28 July
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| Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, often referred to simply as Scotts, was a Scottish shipbuilding company based in Greenock on the River Clyde.- History :...

| Greenock

Greenock

| Mahratta

HMS Mahratta (G23)

HMS Mahratta was an M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served during World War II. Begun as Marksman, she was damaged while under construction, and dismantled to be rebuilt on a new slipway. She was launched as Mahratta in 1942, completed in 1943, and quickly pressed into service...

| M Class destroyer

L and M class destroyer

The L and M class was a class of sixteen destroyers which served in the British Royal Navy during World War II. The ships of the class were launched between 1939 and 1942.-Design details:...

West Hartlepool

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 31 July
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United States
| Newport News Shipbuilding
| Newport News, Virginia
| Essex

USS Essex (CV-9)

USS Essex was an aircraft carrier, the lead ship of the 24-ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in December 1942, Essex participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning the...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

The Essex class was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, which constituted the 20th century's most numerous class of capital ships with 24 vessels built in both "short-hull" and "long-hull" versions. Thirty-two were originally ordered; however as World War II wound down, six were...

aircraft carrier
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August

United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Croatan

USS Croatan (CVE-25)

USS Croatan was an escort carrier launched on 1 August 1942 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Seattle, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. J. S. Russell; and commissioned on 28 April 1943, Captain J. B...

United Kingdom
| Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd

Swan Hunter

Swan Hunter, formerly known as "Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson", was one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the world. Based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, the company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century — most famously, the RMS Mauretania which...

| Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

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| Ferry

Ferry

A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...

United States
| New York Shipbuilding

New York Shipbuilding

The New York Shipbuilding Corporation was founded in 1899 and opened its first shipyard in 1900. Located in Camden, New Jersey on the east shore of the Delaware River, New York Ship built more than 500 vessels for the U.S...

| New York City
| Independence

USS Independence (CVL-22)

The fourth USS Independence was a United States Navy light aircraft carrier, lead ship of her class.-Construction and deployment:...

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

The Independence class aircraft carriers were a class of light carriers built for the United States Navy that served during World War II.This class were a result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's interest in Navy shipbuilding plans...

light aircraft carrier
| Converted cruiser hull
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 23 August
|

United States
| Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard
| Seattle, WA
| Prince William

USS Prince William (CVE-31)

USS Prince William , ex-MC Hull 242, was laid down by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington, 18 May 1942 as AVG-31; redesignated ACV-31 on 20 August 1942; launched 23 August 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Paul Foley; and commissioned 9 April 1943, Captain Herbert E...

Canada
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| Haida

HMCS Haida (G63)

HMCS Haida is a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1943-1963.Haida sank more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian warship...

| Tribal class

Tribal class destroyer (1936)

The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II...

HMS Whimbrel (U29)

HMS Whimbrel is the last surviving Royal Navy warship present at the Japanese Surrender in World War II. She was a sloop of the Black Swan class, laid down on 31 October 1941 to the pennant of U29 at the famed yards of Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow.Launched on 25 August 1942 almost nine...

Swan Hunter

| Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

| Empire Roach
| Coaster

Coastal trading vessel

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 26 August
|

United States
| Fore River Shipyard

Fore River Shipyard

| Quincy, Massachusetts
| Boston

USS Boston (CA-69)

USS Boston , a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston was launched 26 August 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company's, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Mass.; sponsored by Mrs. Maurice J. Tobin, wife of the Mayor of...

| Baltimore class

Baltimore class cruiser

The Baltimore class cruiser was a type of heavy cruiser in the United States Navy from the last years of the Second World War. Fast and heavily armed, ships like the Baltimore cruisers were mainly used by the Navy in World War II to protect the fast aircraft carriers in carrier battle groups...

heavy cruiser
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 27 August
|

United States
| New York Navy Yard
| Brooklyn, New York
| Iowa

USS Iowa (BB-61)

USS Iowa was the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state...

| Iowa class

Iowa class battleship

The Iowa-class battleships were a class of fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940 to escort the Fast Carrier Task Forces which would operate in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Six were ordered during the course of World War II, but only four were completed in...

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

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| Refrigerated cargo liner

Cargo liner

A Cargo liner is a type of merchant ship which carried general cargo and often passengers. They became common just after the middle of the nineteenth century, and eventually gave way to container ships and other more specialized carriers in the latter half of the twentieth...

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 27 August
|

United Kingdom
| A Hall & Co Ltd
| Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....

| Empire Ned
| Tug

Tugboat

Goole

Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...

| Empire Pixie
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 30 August
|

United States
| Newport News Shipbuilding
| Newport News, Virginia
| Intrepid

USS Intrepid (CV-11)

USS Intrepid , also known as The Fighting "I", is one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in August 1943, Intrepid participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, most notably the Battle...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

aircraft carrier
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 31 August
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United States
|
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| Thomas T. Tucker

SS Thomas T. Tucker

The SS Thomas T. Tucker was a Liberty ship, built by The Houston Shipbuilding Corporation for service as a troop & weapons carrier....

| Liberty ship

Liberty ship

September

United Kingdom
| Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd

Swan Hunter

| Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

| Empire Cadet
| Ferry

Ferry

Selby

| Empire Ace

ST Empire Ace

Empire Ace was a 275 ton tug which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport . She was transferred to the Admiralty in 1947 and renamed Diligent. She was transferred to the Ministry of Defence in 1961 and reverted to Empire Ace...

| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 19 September
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Lend-Lease

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 23 September
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United States
| Bethlehem Steel Company
| Quincy, Massachusetts
| Lexington

USS Lexington (CV-16)

USS Lexington , known as "The Blue Ghost", is one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name, is named in honor of the Revolutionary War Battle of Lexington...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

West Hartlepool

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

United Kingdom
| Scott & Sons Ltd
| Bowling
| Empire Minnow
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 25 September
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United Kingdom
| Short Brothers Ltd

Short Brothers of Sunderland

Short Brothers Limited was a British shipbuilding company formed in 1850 and based at Pallion, Sunderland since 1869. The company closed in 1964 when it failed to invest to build bigger ships.-19th century:...

| Sunderland, Co Durham
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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Bathurst class corvette

Selby

| Empire Denis
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 27 September
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United States
| Western Pipe & Steel
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| Attacker

HMS Attacker (D02)

HMS Attacker was an American-built Attacker-class escort aircraft carrier that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War....

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

escort carrier
| Converted C3 merchant freighter

October

United Kingdom
| Grangemouth Dockyard Company

Grangemouth Dockyard Company

The Grangemouth Dockyard Company was a British shipbuilding and ship repair firm located at Grangemouth, on the Firth of Forth, Scotland.-History:...

| Grangemouth

Grangemouth

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| Collier

Collier (ship type)

Collier is a historical term used to describe a bulk cargo ship designed to carry coal, especially for naval use by coal-fired warships. In the late 18th century a number of wooden-hulled sailing colliers gained fame after being adapted for use in voyages of exploration in the South Pacific, for...

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 12 October
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United Kingdom
| Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd
| Goole

Goole

Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...

| Empire Harry
| Tug

Tugboat

HMS Kite (U87)

HMS Kite was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, commanded by Lt Cmdr Segram RN and once commanded by the famous U-boat hunter Captain Frederic John Walker...

HMS Starling (U66)

HMS Starling was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan, Scotland, launched on 14 October 1942, and commissioned on 1 April 1943....

HMS Wild Goose (U45)

HMS Wild Goose was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was one of several ships of that class that took part in the famous "six in one trip" in 1943 ....

Knottingley

Knottingley is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the A1 road. It has a population of 13,503....

| Empire Reaper
| Collier

Collier (ship type)

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 18 October
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United States
| New York Shipbuilding

New York Shipbuilding

| New York City
| Princeton

USS Princeton (CVL-23)

The fourth USS Princeton was a United States Navy lost at the battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.-Construction and deployment:The ship was laid down as the Tallahassee by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 2 June 1941...

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

light aircraft carrier
| Converted cruiser hull
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 23 October
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United States
| Bethlehem Steel Company
| San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

| Oakland

USS Oakland (CL-95)

USS Oakland , was a modified Atlanta-class light cruiser, the first of a group of four sometimes referred to as the "Oakland class". She was laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, California on 15 July 1941; launched on 23 October 1942; sponsored by Dr. Aurelia H. Reinhardt; and...

| Atlanta class

Atlanta class cruiser

The Atlanta-class cruisers were United States Navy light cruisers originally designed as fast scout cruisers or flotilla leaders, but later proved to be effective anti-aircraft cruisers during World War II. They were also known as the Atlanta-Oakland class. The lead ship Atlanta was sunk in action...

Selby

| Empire Seraph
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport

November

United States
| Consolidated Steel Corporation

Consolidated Steel Corporation

Consolidated Steel Corporation was an American steel and shipbuilding business. Consolidated built ships during World War II in two locations: Wilmington, California and Orange, Texas...

| Orange, Texas

Orange, Texas

Orange is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 18,643. It is the county seat of Orange County, and is the easternmost city in Texas. Located on the Sabine River at the border with Louisiana, it is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur...

| Edsall

USS Edsall (DE-129)

USS Edsall was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Seaman Norman Edsall ....

| Edsall class

Edsall class destroyer escort

The Edsall class destroyer escorts were built primarily for ocean anti-submarine escort service during World War II. The lead ship, USS Edsall was commissioned on 10 April 1943 at Orange, Texas. The class was also known as the FMR type from their Fairbanks-Morse Reduction-geared diesel drive...

West Hartlepool

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Goole

Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...

| Empire Rupert
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 11 November
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United States
| North Carolina Shipbuilding
| Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington is a port city in and is the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476 according to the 2010 Census, making it the eighth most populous city in the state of North Carolina...

| Henry Bacon

SS Henry Bacon

The Liberty ship SS Henry Bacon was the last allied ship sunk by the Luftwaffe in World War II. Twenty two crew members and seven members of the United States Navy Armed Guard lost their lives in this action...

| Liberty ship

Liberty ship

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 11 November
|

Lend-Lease

|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 19 November
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| Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd

Armstrong Whitworth

Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. Headquartered in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth engaged in the construction of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles, and aircraft.-History:In 1847,...

| Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

Scotstoun

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Hessle

| Empire Oberon
| Tug

Tugboat

Harland and Wolff

Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries is a Northern Irish heavy industrial company, specialising in shipbuilding and offshore construction, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland....

| Belfast

Belfast

|
| Tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

Heavy lift ship

A heavy lift ship is a vessel designed to move very large loads that cannot be handled by normally equipped ships. They are of two types: semi-submerging capable of lifting another ship out of the water and transporting it; and vessels that augment unloading facilities at inadequately equipped...

December

HMAS Cootamundra

HMAS Cootamundra , named for the town of Cootamundra, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy ....

United States
| New York Shipbuilding

New York Shipbuilding

| New York City
| Belleau Wood

USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)

USS Belleau Wood was a United States Navy active during World War II in the Pacific Theater, from 1943 to 1945. The ship also served in the First Indochina War under French Navy temporary service as Bois Belleau....

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

light aircraft carrier
| Converted cruiser hull
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 6 December
|

United Kingdom
| Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co Ltd

Blyth Shipbuilding

The Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Company Ltd. was a British shipyard located in Blyth, Northumberland, England.-Early history:Shipbuilding began on the site on the south bank of the River Blyth in 1811. In the 1840s the yard was purchased by Beaumont and Drummond. In 1863 the yard was taken over...

| Blyth

Blyth, Northumberland

Blyth is a town and civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth and is approximately 21 kilometres northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne...

| Empire Rosa
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 7 December
|

United States
| Bethlehem Steel Company
| Quincy, Massachusetts
| Bunker Hill

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)

USS Bunker Hill was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the second US Navy ship to bear the name, was named for the Battle of Bunker Hill. Bunker Hill was commissioned in May 1943, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

aircraft carrier
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 7 December
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United States
| Philadelphia Navy Yard
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

| New Jersey

USS New Jersey (BB-62)

USS New Jersey , is an , and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of New Jersey. New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa-class battleships, and is the only U.S...

| Iowa class

Iowa class battleship

William Cramp and Sons

thumb | upright | 1899 advertisement for William Cramp & Sons William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia was founded in 1825 by William Cramp, and was the preeminent U.S. iron shipbuilder in the 19th century. The American Ship & Commerce Corporation bought the yard in 1919 but closed...

| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| Miami

USS Miami (CL-89)

was one of 26 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. The ship, the second US Navy ship to bear the name, was named for the city of Miami, Florida. Miami was commissioned in December 1943, and saw service in several campaigns in the Pacific...

| Cleveland class

Cleveland class cruiser

Short Brothers of Sunderland

| Sunderland
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| Refrigerated cargo ship

Cargo ship

West Hartlepool

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

HMS Pheasant (U49)

HMS Pheasant was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow on 13 July 1942, launched on 21 December 1942, and commissioned on 12 May 1943....

United States
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| Amelia Earhart

SS Amelia Earhart

SS Amelia Earhart was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Amelia Earhart, an American female aviator who disappeared over the Pacific Ocean....

| Liberty ship

Liberty ship

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 18 December
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United Kingdom
| J L Thompson & Sons Ltd

J.L. Thompson and Sons

| Sunderland
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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

HMIS Narbada (U40)

HMIS Narbada was a Modified Bittern class sloop, later known as the Black Swan class, which served in the Royal Indian Navy during World War II....

Barclay Curle

-History:The company was founded by Robert Barclay at Stobcross in Glasgow, Scotland during 1818. In 1862, the company built a large engineering works at Stobcross in Glasgow. In 1876, the company moved their yard down the river to Whiteinch. It was incorporated in 1884 as Barclay Curle...

| Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Tugboat

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Gainsborough is a town 15 miles north-west of Lincoln on the River Trent within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland in England, being more than 55 miles from the North...

| Empire Ben
| Tug

Tugboat

Tanker (ship)

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| For Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 23 December
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United States
| Bethlehem Steel Company
| San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

| Reno

USS Reno (CL-96)

USS Reno was an updated Atlanta-class light cruiser - sometimes referred to as the "Oakland-class" - designed and built to specialize in antiaircraft warfare. She was the first warship to be named for the city of Reno, Nevada. The one other USS Reno was a destroyer named for Lt. Commander Walter E...

| Atlanta class

Atlanta class cruiser

light cruiser
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 30 December
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Lend-Lease

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 31 December
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| John Crown & Sons Ltd

John Crown & Sons Ltd

| Sunderland
| Empire Demon
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport

Unknown date

Germany
| Norderwerft Koser und Meyer
| Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

| Boelke
| Karl Meyer class seaplane tender
| For the Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"|Unknown date
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Japan
| Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd

Taikoo Dockyard

Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company was a dockyard located in the present-day Taikoo Shing and part of Taikoo Place of Quarry Bay on the north shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong.-History:...

| Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

| Empire Blossom

SS Kembu Maru (1942)

Kembu Maru was a 6,816 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1941 Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd. She was built as Empire Blossom and was ready to be launched when Hong Kong was invaded by Japan in December 1941. The ship was completed by the Japanese and put into service...

| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For the Imperial Japanese Navy

Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...

Belfast

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| tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| For the Ministry of War Transport
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"|Unknown date
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Norway
| Akers Mekaniske Verksted
| Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

| Flandern
| Whaler

Whaler

A whaler is a specialized ship, designed for whaling, the catching and/or processing of whales. The former included the whale catcher, a steam or diesel-driven vessel with a harpoon gun mounted at its bows. The latter included such vessels as the sail or steam-driven whaleship of the 16th to early...

| Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the name of the German Navy during the Nazi regime . It superseded the Kaiserliche Marine of World War I and the post-war Reichsmarine. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches of the Wehrmacht, the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany.The Kriegsmarine grew rapidly...

on completion
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"|Unknown date
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Germany
| Elsflether Werft AG
| Elsfleth

Elsfleth

Elsfleth is a town in the district of Wesermarsch, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the confluence of the Hunte with the Weser, on the left bank of the Weser, on the railway Hude-Nordenham. It has an Evangelical church, a school of navigation , a harbour and docks.Elsfleth offers many...

| Flemhude
| Coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| For the Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"|Unknown date
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Germany
| D W Kremer Sohn
| Elmshorn

Elmshorn

Elmshorn is a town in the district of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. It is located 32 km north of Hamburg at the small river Krückau, close to the Elbe river, is the sixth-largest city in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany...

| Grete
| Coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| For the Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"|Unknown date
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Norway
| Akers Mekaniske Verksted
| Oslo

Oslo

| Helgoland
| Whaler

Whaler

| Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| For the Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

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! style="background: #bbdddd;"|Unknown date
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Norway
| Sarpsborg Mekaniske Verksted
| Sarpsborg

Sarpsborg

is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad...

| Marsteinen
| Coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

on completion